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Today, we're launching Season 0 of our membership. Our mission is to unite and nurture the next generation of DaVincis through building Libraries of the Future in every city. What are libraries of the future? How can we empower the misfits of our generation?👇

how many real friends have you made since moving to new york • 0 • 1 • 2-5 • more than 5

in 1973 a broke guy opened a bar under a flophouse on new york's skid row and made one rule: bands could only play their own songs that rule is how punk started he named it cbgb, for country, bluegrass and blues. none of that music ever showed up. the rule was about money: covers meant royalties he couldn't pay so the bands nobody else would book came. the ramones debuted there in august 1974 and played the room 70+ times that year. blondie showed up around the same time in 1975 three art students played their first show ever there, opening for the ramones. the co-founder of sire records came in to see the ramones, heard the openers, and signed them too. that was talking heads 3,300 square feet, graffiti on every wall, the most infamous bathroom in new york then the bowery got expensive. in 2006 cbgb lost its lease, and patti smith played the last show, 31 years after her first one there where's the cbgb of new york right now?

where to watch the nyc marathon on sunday for free: • lafayette ave in fort greene, miles 8 to 9, the best atmosphere on the course • bedford ave in williamsburg, miles 11 to 12 • vernon blvd in long island city, mile 14, way less crowded • first ave from 59th up, miles 16 to 18, the loudest stretch • east harlem, miles 18 to 20 • the bronx, miles 20 to 21, on a new route this year for the first time in 15 years • fifth ave from 90th to 105th, miles 23 to 24, uphill and they need you most • central park south to columbus circle, mile 25 pro women start at 8:35, pro men at 9:05, and the waves run till 11:30, so you have time for coffee first. the bridges are closed to spectators

free things to do in la after work that aren’t a bar: • griffith observatory, free till 10pm every day but monday, with free telescopes on clear nights • the broad, free, open till 8 on thursdays • the getty center, free, open till 9 on saturdays (and parking’s free after 6) • lacma, free for la county residents on weekdays after 3, open till 8 on fridays • moca on grand ave, free, open till 8 on first thursdays • the fowler at ucla, free, open till 8 on wednesdays • koreatown run club, free, mondays at 7 from wilshire and oxford • sci-arc’s free public lectures in the arts district, 7pm (nov 4, 12, 13 and dec 2) we’re building a space in the la arts district, so we made a doc with 40+ free things across la. follow + reply “la” and we’ll dm it to you

free legal help for founders in new york: • nyu law’s entrepreneurship clinic, for formation, trademarks and contracts (you don’t need to go to nyu) • cardozo’s tech startup clinic, for formation, funding docs and ip • brooklyn law’s blip clinic, for internet and digital startups • new york law school’s patent and trademark clinic • the city’s commercial lease assistance, a free lawyer for your lease (income limits) • the city’s pro bono legal program, for llcs, contracts and ip (income limits) the doc has every clinic, who qualifies and how to apply. follow + reply “legal” and we’ll dm it to you

things a free la library card gets you: • free passes to the petersen, the natural history museum, the grammy museum, aquarium of the pacific and la opera, plus la kings and la galaxy passes • a free california state parks day pass for your car at 200+ parks • the new york times and wall street journal • kanopy, hoopla and freegal for movies and music • linkedin learning and udemy courses • a free makerspace at central library with 3d printers, a laser cutter and a recording studio • 800+ laptops and hotspots to borrow and an la county library card on top gets you guitars, keyboards and power tools to borrow. follow + reply “lapl” and we’ll dm you the full doc

free stuff you can claim right now if you’re starting a company, no vc needed: • aws activate, up to $5k in credits • microsoft for startups, up to $5k in azure (up to $150k with an investor referral) • cloudflare, $10k if you’re bootstrapped • posthog, $50k in credits if you’re under 2 years old • retool, free for a year up to $60k • intercom, 93% off your first year • notion, 3 months free on business with ai • google cloud, $2k to start • nvidia inception, free credits and gpu discounts we put 25+ programs in a doc with who qualifies and how to apply, including the $200k+ ones. follow + reply “credits” and we’ll dm it to you

the people who run every community in new york almost never get invited to one made just for them so we had the best community builders and marketing leads we know over for dinner on our rooftop dessert was myka's greek frozen yogurt, catered, so nobody had to wait in the hour long line if you run a community in nyc, reply with what it is. we're doing more of these

things a free new york library card gets you if you’re starting a company: • time on a bloomberg terminal at the stavros niarchos library, 2 hours per booking • ibisworld and s&p capital iq on the business center computers • privco, data on about 900k private companies (on site) • statista, emarketer and data axle from home • free 1:1 small business advisors inside the library • patent and trademark research help (nypl is an official uspto center) • a free coworking area with meeting rooms at brooklyn central • brooklyn’s powerup business plan competition, $20k first prize we put all of it in a doc with how to book each one. follow + reply “founder” and we’ll dm it to you

deadlines if you’re building something, november edition: • a16z speedrun - nov 1, $500k + $10m in credits • yc w2027 - nov 2 at 8pm pt, $500k • era nyc - nov 2, $150k, 4 months in nyc • techstars nyc - nov 18, $220k • thiel fellowship - rolling, $250k over 2 years, 22 and under • z fellows - rolling, $10k for one week • antler nyc - rolling, $500k+ (needs us work authorization) • hustle fund - always open, $150k first check • 1517 medici - rolling, grants for students and dropouts the doc has 20+ more with eligibility and links, and we update it every month. follow + reply “deadlines” and we’ll dm it to you

free halloween things in new york this year: • the village halloween parade, sat oct 31 at 7. anyone in costume can march, just line up at canal and 6th between 6:30 and 9 • trick-or-streets at flatiron plaza, wed oct 28, 3 to 7 (around the corner from us) • 160 car-free trick-or-streets block parties across the city through october • the w 11th st block party in the village, oct 31, 3 to 10pm • socrates sculpture park’s halloween harvest festival in queens, oct 31, free with rsvp • the nyu kids’ parade around washington square, oct 31, 1 to 4 • green-wood cemetery’s free open classroom, oct 31, 12 to 3 • the bryant park rink opens oct 28, free if you bring your own skates (reserve ahead)

founder translations: “we’re pre-revenue” = we have a waitlist “we’re in stealth” = there’s no product “we’re building a community” = it’s a discord with 40 people “we’re raising a pre-seed” = asking my uncle “we’re profitable” = there are two of us and we don’t pay ourselves “we’re heads down” = we’re scared to launch

every city is a character in a movie: sf = the kid with a new idea every week new york = the banker who spends weekends in the hamptons cambridge = the student reading philosophy on the subway paris = the artist selling paintings on the street what's yours

since 60,000 of you saw the last one, here’s more of what a free new york library card gets you: • 300,000+ ebooks and audiobooks (nypl) • music downloads on freegal, 5 a week (queens) • newspapers from around the world on pressreader (queens) • the great courses, concert films and indie movies in libby (queens) • test prep on learning express (nypl) • morningstar’s investing research (brooklyn) • live online tutoring on brainfuse (brooklyn) we put everything all three libraries give you into one doc, plus how to get each card. follow + reply “library” and we’ll dm it to you

this week a group from verci is spending a night with nomads in the sahara, a day on a catamaran off cap bon, and a morning on an olive farm in tunisia where should we go next?

where do you take someone visiting new york that isn’t on any tourist list a bar, a walk, a view, a weird little shop, anything. making a list

free places to see fall leaves in new york right now: • the conservatory garden in central park, open 8 to 6 • the heather garden at fort tryon park • inwood hill park • prospect park, especially the peninsula, lookout hill and lullwater • green-wood cemetery, always free, 8 to 5 this time of year • the high line, open till 10 • new york botanical garden, free all day wednesdays for nyc residents • wave hill in the bronx, free all day thursdays • snug harbor on staten island, grounds free dawn to dusk • van cortlandt and pelham bay, which nyc parks named as two of the best this year nyc parks says peak runs late october into november, so this weekend and next are the ones

best dinner in new york under $15 tell us the spot and what to order. making a list

things a free new york library card gets you: • free passes to moma, the met, the guggenheim, film forum and 100+ more through culture pass • 5,700+ linkedin learning courses (nypl) • 71 languages on mango languages (nypl) • the new york times archive back to 1985, from anywhere in the state (brooklyn) • tools to borrow, including power tools, at the greenpoint tool library (brooklyn) • art and craft kits to borrow at central library (brooklyn) • laptops, board games and musical instruments to borrow (brooklyn) • movies, tv and music on hoopla (queens) it costs nothing and almost nobody uses half of it

a free museum in new york every day of the week: - monday: moma ps1, free for everyone - tuesday: cooper hewitt, pay what you wish 5 to 6 - wednesday: museum of the city of new york, free all day and open till 9 - thursday: museum of the moving image, free 2 to 6 - friday: the whitney, free 5 to 10pm - saturday: the jewish museum, free all day - sunday: the studio museum in harlem, free all day screenshot this and you never have to pay for a museum again ;)